Gunmen Kill Four at Trendy Tel Aviv Market Across Street From Israel’s ‘Pentagon’

At least four people were killed and several seriously wounded in a mass shooting at a trendy Tel Aviv food market Wednesday night. The attacks occurred near Israel’s version of the Pentagon.

Police said two assailants were in custody. One of the gunmen was wounded. Israeli authorities described the shooting as a terror attack.

The attackers’ identities were not released. Police said the two gunmen were members of the same family from the Palestinian village of Yatta, near the city of Hebron in the West Bank.

At about 9:30 p.m. local time, authorities were alerted to shots being fired in the crowded Sarona Market complex in central Tel Aviv. The open-air mall is across the road from the Ministry of Defense and the central headquarters of the Israel Defense Forces, one of the most secure sites in the country. […]